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The play is classified as a comedy because it ends with one pair of characters having recently been married and another pair of characters about to get married. However, the story does not end happily for all of the characters involved. Some productions of Twelfth Night have played-up its comical aspects while others have placed greater emphasis on the play's more serious aspects.

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  • The play is classified as a comedy because it ends with one pair of characters having recently been married and another pair of characters about to get married. However, the story does not end happily for all of the characters involved. Some productions of Twelfth Night have played-up its comical aspects while others have placed greater emphasis on the play's more serious aspects.
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  • The play is classified as a comedy because it ends with one pair of characters having recently been married and another pair of characters about to get married. However, the story does not end happily for all of the characters involved. Some productions of Twelfth Night have played-up its comical aspects while others have placed greater emphasis on the play's more serious aspects. In common with many of Shakespeare's comedies, mistaken identity is central to the plot. Following a shipwreck, Viola finds herself in a country called Illyria, the old Roman name for lands across the Adriatic Sea from Italy, and seperated from her twin brother Sebastian. Viola disguises herself as a young man, adopts the name Cesario and enters the service of Duke Orsino. The Duke sends Viola to the house of Lady Olivia to pass on messages of his love. Olivia has no interest in Orsino but instantly falls in love with the handsome Cesario, being unaware that Cesario is really a woman named Viola. A sub-plot concerns Olivia's older relative Sir Toby Belch, his friend Sir Andrew Aguecheek and some servants in Olivia's household; Maria, Fabian and Feste the jester. The five characters take a strong dislike to Malvolio, Olivia's stern and puritanical steward, and get their revenge on him by convincing Olivia that he is mad. The main sources of the play are an Italian comedy called Gli' Ingannati ("The Deceived Ones") and a short story by Barnabe Rich called "Of Apollonius and Silla" which is based on an earlier Italian tale. The Malvolio sub-plot appears to be entirely Shakespeare's own invention.
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